يا قاضيَ العشاقِ اشكو إلى

يا قاضيَ العشاقِ اشكو إلى

عدلك ما لاقيتهُ في هواه

عدلك ما لاقيتهُ في هواه

O judge of lovers, I complain to

O judge of lovers, I complain to

your justice of what I have suffered for love of him.

your justice of what I suffered from his love.

حرم اجفاني طيب الكرى

حرم اجفاني طيب الكرى

وهو خليٌّ غارقٌ في كراه

وهو خليٌّ غارقٌ في كراه

He denied my eyelids the sweetness of sleep,

He deprived my eyelids of the delight of sleep

while he, carefree, is sunk in his own slumber.

While he is immersed in detestation.

ومن بلائي انني كلما

ومن بلائي انني كلما

ايقظته تجرحُني مقلتاه

ايقظته تجرحُني مقلتاه

And part of my affliction is that whenever

And of my afflictions is that whenever

I wake him, his eyes wound me.

I awaken him, his glances wound me.

ألا تراني مثلَ طيرٍ رماه

ألا تراني مثلَ طيرٍ رماه

قناصُهُ الباغي فاجرى دماه

قناصُهُ الباغي فاجرى دماه

Do you not see me as a bird shot

Do you not see me like a bird shot down

by its ruthless hunter, who made its blood flow?

by a treacherous hunter, its blood flowing?

وأن تسلني اين ضاعَ دمي

وأن تسلني اين ضاعَ دمي

فاطلبه وانظر ما حوت وجنتاه

فاطلبه وانظر ما حوت وجنتاه

And if you ask me where my blood was lost,

And were you to ask me where my blood went

then seek it, and see what his cheeks have held.

Seek it, and see what his cheeks absorbed.

رثى لي القاضي وافتى باح

رثى لي القاضي وافتى باح

ضارِ غريمي كي يلاقي جزاه

ضارِ غريمي كي يلاقي جزاه

The judge pitied me and ordered

The judge eulogized me and decreed the

my adversary brought in, that he might receive his due.

harm of my oppressor so he may receive his punishment.

اتى ولما لاحَ في بابه

اتى ولما لاحَ في بابه

بنظرةٍ من لاحظيه رشاه

بنظرةٍ من لاحظيه رشاه

He came, and when he appeared at his door,

He came, and when he appeared at his door

he bribed him with a glance from his eyes.

with a glance from his eyes he bribed him.

فاصبحَ القاضي رقيقاً له

فاصبحَ القاضي رقيقاً له

وأصدرَ الحكمَ بموتي فداه

وأصدرَ الحكمَ بموتي فداه

So the judge grew tender toward him

So the judge became sympathetic to him

and sentenced me to death as a ransom for him.

and issued a decree that I die for him.

متنا كلانا في هواه ولم

متنا كلانا في هواه ولم

نحصل على سانحة من رضاه

نحصل على سانحة من رضاه

We both died for love of him, and never

We both died of love for him, and did not

found a chance to win his favor.

obtain any happy moment of his consent.